Google paid this much to the guy who briefly owned Google.com - CNET

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Google paid this much to the guy who briefly owned Google.com
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Google doled out some cash after losing and regaining control of its domain name last fall. Google. Google shelled out some cash last fall after losing and regaining ownership of Google.com. Now the company has revealed how much the slip-up cost.
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